Door hanger



July 27, 1926.

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ATTORNEI Patented July 27, 1926.

UNITED STATES L13". OFFICE. i

JOHN T. FAIBHURST, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TO THE J'. WILSON CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DOOR HANGER.

Application led December 7, 1923. c Serial No. 679,117.

Y chamber. The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, and easily operated support for a door so that the door can be opened and closed in a minimum space and when opened remains flat adjacent the side wall of the cabinet or closet, leaving practically the entire interior available for use.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated in Fig. 1 in perspective,

parts being broken away, a suitable form of cabinet or closet with suitably mounted doors embodying an application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view looking down through such a cabinet, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of the upper part of one corner of the cabinet, and Fig. 4 is a cross sectional detail upon an enlarged scale illustrating the top guide and hanger.

The cabinet 5 may be provided with a suitable top such as 6 and with doors 7 and 8, preferably mounted in pairs as shown. These doors are movably supported and guided by similar supporting and guidin devices. Each of the doors is provided wit a bracket such as 9 at the bottom, to which is pivotally connected a lever 10. This lever is also pivoted to an element 11 secured to the iioor of the cabinet and the movement of the lever is limited by a suitable stop 12.' At the top of the door a bracket 13, similar to the bracket 9 is secured as shown and another lever 14 is pivotally connected thereto. This lever is pivoted to an element 15 secured to the top of the cabinet. 'The base of the member 15 has an odset pin 16 to limit the movement of the door in the manner hereinafter more fully described.

Also arranged at the top of the cabinet and extending substantially from the front to the back thereof at the ends, are parallel spaced guides 17 and 18 'shown clearly in Fig. 4. Upon the inner side of each door is mounted a bearing 19 in which rotates a spindle 20. This spindle carries at its upper end a horizontal pin 21 upon which are mounted rollers 22.v The spindle passes between the parallel spaced guides 17 and 18 and the rollers 22 carried by the spindle ride upon the upper surfaces of these guides.

In operation, the rollers 22 travel back and forth lengthwise of the guides 17, 18 as the door 8 is closed and opened. The top of the door is preferably provided with a suitable plate such as 23 having a cut-away por# tion 24 adapted to engage the pin 16 for additional bracing when the door is closed as shown in full outline in Fig. 2. In order to open the door it is only necessary to pull forward upon the handle 25. This causes the Aleft side of the door to pull out and the right side to swing in about the pin 16, and in doing so'the rollers 22 travel rearwardly along the guides 17, 18 allowing the plate 24. to clear the pin until the door finally stands parallel with the side of the closet as shown in Fig. 1. In order to close the door, the handle is again pulled, the door traveling leftwardly as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 2 until it reaches a position parallel with the front of the closet as shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

Of course it will be understood that various modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a cabinet the combination of a door mounted for sliding and swinging movement, a track, a hanger pivotally supporting said door and traveling on said track, a lever pivotally Connected at one end with the door and pivoted at its other end to the top wall of the cabinet, a second lever pivotally connected at one end to the door and pivoted at` its other end to the floor of the cabinet, a bracket secured to the cabinet and pivotally supporting an end .of one of said levers, and an arm projectin from the bracket for engagement with the oor to limit the swing- 111g movement thereof to cabinet closing position.

2. In a cabinet, a door mounted for slid-- the ioor of the cabinet, and stops associated with each of said levers and arranged to engage respectively with one of said levers ing and swinging movement, a track, a

hanger pivotally supporting the door and traveling on said track, a lever pivotally connected at oneend to the door and pivoted at its other end to the top wall of the cabinet, a fixed stop lug secured to the cabinet and arranged to engage the door to limit the closing movement thereof, and a notched plate carried by the door, the notch of said late being arranged to receive the lug to grace the door when closed.

4. In a cabinet, a door mounted for sliding and swinging movement, a. track, a hanger pivotally supporting the door and traveling on saidv track, a.A lever pivotally connected at one end with the door, a bracket secured to the cabinet to which the other end of said lever is pivoted, and an arm on said bracket for'engaging the door to limit the closing movement thereof. v

5. In a cabinet, a door mounted for sliding and swinging movement, a track, a hanger pivotally supporting the door and traveling on the track, a supporting lever pivoted at one end to the cabinet and pivotall connected at its other end with the door, a ed stop pin mounted on the cabinet for engaging the door'to limit the closing movement thereof, the door having a notch to receive the pin to brace the door.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

J ORN T. .FAIRHURST 

